In Morocco, the Ministry of the Interior is preparing a plan to establish strict regulations for the taxi transport sector, especially the regulation of transport via mobile applications, in order to put an end to the chaos that has settled in major Moroccan cities such as Casablanca, Rabat, Tangier, Agadir, Marrakech and Fez. The famous licenses are even mentioned to be abolished!
The city council of Fez voted to terminate the urban transport management contract with the City Bus company. This decision follows numerous malfunctions and growing dissatisfaction among users.
A call for tenders has just been launched for the acquisition of 1,317 buses for urban and interurban transport in six major Moroccan cities. The total cost of the contract is estimated at 3.2 billion dirhams.
The airline Ryanair will add a new destination to its offer departing from Lille-Lesquin.
The Al Quaraouiyine University in Fez, Morocco is the oldest continuously operating university in the world, according to UNESCO and the Guinness Book of Records.
The Court of Appeal of Fez has confirmed the conviction of three people to a one-year prison sentence, including a parking attendant.
The members of a network specialized in the spoliation of public and private lands were sentenced on Wednesday by the Court of First Instance in Fez to more than 94 years in prison, accompanied by fines and the payment of 800,000 dirhams to the Ministry of the Interior as damages.
The construction of a new expressway between Fez and Taounate is progressing rapidly. This large-scale project, divided into four phases, aims to improve road links in the region and stimulate local economic development.
A Royal Air Maroc flight departing from Fez and bound for Paris-Orly experienced a 24-hour delay, turning the vacation of many French passengers into a real nightmare. The plane, initially scheduled for Monday afternoon, did not take off until Tuesday, a few hours before New Year’s Eve.
A plane connecting Fez to Dole was forced to land in Lyon on Friday morning, due to unfavorable weather conditions. This is not the first time this type of incident has occurred: two weeks ago, a flight had already been diverted for the same reasons.
Air Arabia Maroc has just announced the expansion of its offers from Europe, according to an official press release.
A fatal rail accident occurred on Sunday evening in Fez, near the Zouagha district. A man in his thirties was hit by a passenger train running from Fez to Casablanca, while he was near the pedestrian footbridge.